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NewsOnline film piracy costs industry $3.3bn
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has published a report which estimates the online film piracy market to be $3.3bn (KW3.75 trillion won) a year.
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NewsPixel Lab 2013 projects named
Power to the Pixel has selected more than 30 participants for its cross-media workshop.
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NewsBradford ties with Bollywood school
BFI hosts launch of Bradford-Whistling Woods International Film School.
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FeaturesZiad Doueiri, The Attack
Ziad Doueiri’s The Attack, a drama about a Palestinian surgeon in Israel who discovers secrets about his wife in the wake of a suicide bombing, impressed the critics when it launched in Telluride and Toronto last year.
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NewsTemple's Marvin Gaye film stalls
Fresh questions have been raised about the likely completion date for Julien Temple’s Marvin Gaye film Sexual Healing.
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Cinelabs acquires Bucks Media Services
David Webb has been appointed as European sales director for the group.
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FeaturesQ&A: Vermont College Of Fine Arts
Earlier this year the Vermont College Of Fine Arts announced the appointment of a host of new faculty members to its new Masters In Film programme. The inaugural class at the school’s Montpelier campus will take place this autumn. Tyler Pukatch pays attention.
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NewsOpen Road bites into Chef
Open Road Films will release the Jon Favreau comedy over Mother’s Day Weekend on May 9, 2014. Aldamisa Entertainment is financing and introduced the project to international buyers in Cannes.
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NewsDavis to head production administration at Columbia
Andrew Z Davis has been named president of production administration at Columbia Pictures, replacing Gary Martin, who retires after overseeing production on more than 600 films and serving 51 years in the industry – 32 of them at Columbia.
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NewsFilmDistrict sets Selfess date
FilmDistrict top brass announced on Wednesday [12] they will release the upcoming thriller Selfless starring Ryan Reynolds wide in the US on Sept 26, 2014.
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NewsIMAX, Disney plot Ranger roll-out
Upcoming Disney release The Lone Ranger is to be digitally remastered and released in IMAX in select markets including the UK and Japan on Aug 2.
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NewsLiotta joins Octane’s Dragons
Top brass at IM Global’s genre division announced on Wednesday [12] that Ray Liotta has joined the Triad thriller Revenge Of The Green Dragons as production got underway.
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NewsSundanceNOW, First Run sign pact
Sundance Selects’ digital label has agreed terms with First Run Features to bring select titles from the latter’s documentary library to SundanceNOW’s subscription VoD service Doc Club.
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NewsSuperman soars in Philippines
Warner Bros Pictures International senior executives reported on Wednesday night [12] that Man Of Steel opened on $1.7m to set the biggest opening day in the territory’s history.
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NewsFilmDistrict pays $10m for US rights to Rocketman
Rocket Pictures and Icon/AI Film’s red-hot Cannes market project about the life of Elton John has found its US home, sources confirmed to Screendaily on Wednesday evening [12]. Good Universe handles international sales and introduced to buyers on the Croisette.
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NewsTrans Atlantic Partners names 26 producers for 2013
EXCLUSIVE: Participants include Germany’s Sol Bondy, Jennifer Fox [pictured] from the US, and Canada’s Lauren Grant.
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NewsFlanders fund backs 20 films with €5m
Former Oscar winner Mike van Diem’s The Surprise and BBC backed series The White Queen [pictured] are among the recipients in the first funding round from the new Screen Flanders economic fund.
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eOne to acquire US brand agency Art Impressions
Entertainment One (eOne) is expanding its licensing business by announcing plans to acquire US-based brand and licensing agency Art Impressions, led by founder and owner Cindy Bailey.
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NewsMTG completes DRG acquisition
Broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired British distributor DRG for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsBBC3 doc initiative goes multiplatform
BBC3 new documentary director initiative Fresh is being extended online and will now acccept short form documentaries.